James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Okay. My time has expired but I want to wrap up with this point. We have heard much this week about “going forward”, “a new direction of travel for RTÉ”, “a new culture”, and so on and so forth, and we have had very extensive debate. Above all else, RTÉ is about to bring in a new director general, and when I say “new”, I mean new to that role. He previously served within the RTÉ organisation for an extensive period of time, albeit perhaps not in regard to the financial roles within the organisation, and he would have been a member of the executive board because he was assistant director general carrying out Mr. Lynch's current role. Do the witnesses not see that as a bit of a contradiction in terms of establishing a new culture and a new pathway forward within RTÉ? I am not knocking Mr. Bakhurst but I think it is a very important question that needs to be answered.